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Tennessee PoliticsMon, 07 Apr 2014 14:51:50 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6Hitting a police officer now a felonyhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/hitting-a-police-officer-now-a-felony/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/hitting-a-police-officer-now-a-felony/#commentsFri, 12 Jun 2009 17:18:41 +0000Chas Siskhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/hitting-a-police-officer-now-a-felony/We never advise striking a police officer — it’s uncivil, and police officers tend to be heavily armed and better than most of us in hand-to-hand combat — but anyone who enjoys such sport should be advised that it’s now a Class D or E felony, under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Phil Bredesen. Aggravated assault on a police officer has also been made a Class B felony.

Other bills that were made into law with a stroke of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s mighty pen include:

* Videotaped evidence of children under 13 describing an act of sexual contact or physical abuse is now admissible in court, under a bill sponsored by Rep. Debra Maggart.